Hearing voices in your head asking you to kill yourself

[karmaisabitch]

Hey guys! I was reading articles about suicide in America. Most of the failed attempts told reporters that " they heard voices told them to kill themselves" is this true?those voices exist?

 

[xoirse]

well i do think since people who are suicidal and depressed suffer from extreme stress and worry or just schizophrenia may cause these people to have auditory hallucinations. it doesn't limit to just voices though i think it applies to all our sensors. it may be based on ptsd or your experience which is why what you hear varies from person to person. so i think they don't exist on its own like an entity but they exist as a response to something in the subconscious mind

 

[divinemistress87]

All the time even over minor inconveniences . Dropped a glass Brain says "you are an idiot, kill yourself"

 

[lnlybnny]

i say that to myself all the time, ''just kys already''

 

[karmaisabitch]

All the time even over minor inconveniences . Dropped a glass Brain says "you are an idiot, kill yourself"

Real voices?

 

[karmaisabitch]

well i do think since people who are suicidal and depressed suffer from extreme stress and worry or just schizophrenia may cause these people to have auditory hallucinations. it doesn't limit to just voices though i think it applies to all our sensors. it may be based on ptsd or your experience which is why what you hear varies from person to person. so i think they don't exist on its own like an entity but they exist as a response to something in the subconscious mind

I'm curious how just that person feels when they hear negative voices? Still scary right?

 

[divinemistress87]

Real voices?

Nah just my negative mind

 

[karmaisabitch]

Nah just my negative mind

I thought so, but I still think voices are real I'm curious about that even if it's a psychosis symptoms whoever experience that is very scary to them. I'm going to search more about this topic..

 

[Bannana]

Hey guys! I was reading articles about suicide in America. Most of the failed attempts told reporters that " they heard voices told them to kill themselves" is this true?those voices exist?

yes

 

[karmaisabitch]

yes

I can't imagine what they go through! It's like living with a ghost

 

[would]

Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) are somewhat common among adolescents: by some estimates 3-40% experience them at some time. But the rates of AVHs are much lower among healthy adult populations (<10%).

Frontiers | A comprehensive review of auditory verbal hallucinations: lifetime prevalence, correlates and mechanisms in healthy and clinical individuals

Over the years, the prevalence of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) has been documented across the lifespan in varied contexts, and with a range of potent...

www.frontiersin.org

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744794/

When most people say "they heard voices told them to kill themselves", they are speaking in a metaphorical sense. Although, it should be noted that there are individuals which do experience genuine auditory hallucinations and could very well "hear" disturbing voices leading up to an attempt. This is a well-documented phenomenon featuring in many suicide attempts by individuals with schizophrenia. This is also not terribly uncommon among otherwise healthy individuals that experience large amounts of psychological trauma in a relatively short period of time.

 

[karmaisabitch]

Thank you so much! It make sense now.. I just want to add that people with schezophrnia are very smart more than a normal person they are intelligence so I'm not sure if this related like have a 6 sense or something.

 

[Euthanza]

I experienced it during my depression, they're not exactly telling me to ctb but I heard voices calling me

 

[karmaisabitch]

I experienced it during my depression, they're not exactly telling me to ctb but I heard voices calling me

It's real voices not just negative thoughts right?

 

[meowmeowkitty]

i tell me to kill myself more than the voices ever could.

 

[karmaisabitch]

i tell me to kill myself more than the voices ever could.

Me too! The only thing in my head now is how to do it? I want to die with something straight forward like gun, jumping or SN if I can get and I don't want to take long I have to die before the end of this month

 

[Euthanza]

It's real voices not just negative thoughts right?

I heard voices but actually there's no one around me, so I assume it's in my mind, may be I'm hallucinating non visually.

 

[xoirse]

I'm curious how just that person feels when they hear negative voices? Still scary right?

indeed. it's like having an intrusive demon behind you who embodies everything about your mental disorder in a personified manner